Switch mechanism



March 2, 1926.

J. M. BROWN ASWITCH MECHANISM Filed June 9, 1920 Z 3 7 .4 l 0 MM INVENTR C f rlntwiln ATTORNEY L PatentedkrNilar.` `2,1926.Y gli' y i l v'To u1 f5, and'stlt w ugs-fui: improvement: in Switch at'oi'iy i mined Jane 9,1920..

n My.- m-vention relates #toy electrica protecv tive and iircuiteinterruptiiig devices l arlyf-tof'circuit ,4.5interru'pters adapted 15 @the glapparatusj Y vi'n'jxpredeterminedY se-.

vel Y circuitinterrupter Vor*switch,tagt or near the Y upperfpart loffa-pole orftower Yof 'arel`ati w lyv 1 high-tension transmission system. These in-L- terruptiiig 'devices usii'ally-inelude :lightning arresters,j"iliniit and'pthe "means,

' circiiii; occasionally require attention 'such as therenewal of blown fuses, `the re- I' 3 5'placement@ of damaged resistors and other .I "repai'rs.

:Itis essential that 'the operators of these Y.devices some of whomjmay b e more or less @unskilled and unacquainted with the 'charac-` .'teifistic's ofhighv-tension apparatus, be proj"'tectedftotheutmost Y'To' render the ment more effective #and economical in service, fitr fis vdesirable 'to provide transformers Vmain power-service lines-and the lighting 75l vfrom a positionfadjacent to thebaseof the i transmission fpole or tower. It. is further desirabla inconnection 1 with velectrical farm eqi'iipmen't,lt ojhave the operating meansperf *with-'e ectrical'ffarni quipment and@ -portions 15 and 16 at its ends for co-opei'ao fdierentcapacities andvoltages for the n y v n i "vice 24 disposed ata position adjacent to the circuits,f-vrespectively, and to permit the op-k 100 atomaren `provided with locking means inearfits lower ena, as this avoids-themanipuiaitn 'ftiiei' f vseparate long pole' in comino j use f orfop-- eratin'g disconnecting switche t /'In'""practicing my invention, 'I "provide i a' circuit interrupter havin()- a ypluralityofsets off 'interlrelatedff relative yV lmo'vable contact members and operating mean sforselectively engafgingfand disengaging the contact bersxin different lpre'deterinined"ordenE This; permits the connection of, either or both ofc different service transformers betweenthe? supply and service lines` and v alsopermits independently offthe. other. f Means visi-alsot provided at jan' intermediate point on" the 79, pole? or tower'v for preventingthe` approachf 'Of lrlopciator totlieinterrupter whe Y ofthe Contact members are, engaged.V

Fig; 2 isa view thereof, injsi'dev elevationli;

A circuit-interrupting device lj'supported oiiac'ro'ssarm-), anda member 3', at tlie'up-Q- perl portionlofafp'ole 4or towe'rf 4;' 'comprises 801 Contact mein'bersffon `the insulators L5*, and a i transversey shaft "l" having` bea'ri'rigsl f in' 1mm;l bersgS- that are* supported o`n-the memberr 3; i

interrupter 1. They sleeve Ymember 10 has substantially half-cylindrical projecting 90 tion with similar projecting portions 17 and 18 on the sleeve members 9 and 11, respectively, that are adaptedto close theimovable l Y v member 13 when yeither of the members 12 lighting: and power equip-A or 14 is actuated. kRelatively long 'operat- 95 ing'arms 19 and 20-fare secured, by pins 2'1, to levers 22 and 23 of the sleeves?) and 11, respectively, and extend to an operating det lower end of the pole 4.

lThe operating device 24 comprises similar` crank-handle members 25 mountedon oppo-` site ends of a pin or shaft 26 extending through the pole 4 and having projections 27 `for zo-operation with .brackets 28, and '105 padlocks29 or other means for locking the f 

